Bail hearing set for North Sydney man

SYDNEY — A North Sydney man facing multiple charges is scheduled to return to provincial court in September for a bail hearing.

Brian Paul Hardy, 38, of Stanley Street is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon (a stick) and breaching a court order. The offences are alleged to have occurred last Dec. 7 in North Sydney.

A trial on those charges is now scheduled for Nov. 26.

He is also charged with break-enter-theft over $5,000, break-enter-theft under $5,000, possession of stolen property (jewelry), possession of a weapon (bear spray), and auto theft. The offences allegedly occurred last October in Baddeck.

Hardy is scheduled to return to court Sept. 8 and remains on remand at the Cape Breton Correctional Centre.